diff --git a/docs/doc-requirements.txt b/docs/doc-requirements.txt
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--- /dev/null
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@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+jinja2
+tornado
+jupyter_client
+ipykernel
+nbformat
+Send2Trash
+prometheus_client
+sphinxcontrib_github_alt
+sphinxcontrib-openapi
+sphinxemoji
+git+https://github.com/pandas-dev/pydata-sphinx-theme.git@master
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diff --git a/readthedocs.yml b/readthedocs.yml
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-conda:
-    file: docs/environment.yml
-python:
-    version: 3